Best Surfing Beaches Near Sydney

Located in the Sutherland Shire in the southern suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Cronulla Beach - also known as South Cronulla Beach - is a three and a half-kilometer-long beige sand beach with many rocky portions.  The beach is positioned along the shores of Bate Bay and has a beautiful backdrop of a large park and many oceanfront buildings, including homes, cafes, restaurants, and shops, which together provide incredible views of the Pacific Ocean.  Cronulla Beach runs from Boat Harbour and extends to South Cronulla Beach.  The beach is divided into many small beaches, including Wanda Beach, Elouera Beach, North Cronulla Beach, and South Cronulla Beach.  There are several other small parts of the beach named by locals, such as The Alley, between Cronulla Beach and North Cronulla; The Wall, between North Cronulla and Elouera; Midway, between Elouera and Wanda; and Green Hills, to the north of Wanda.  The beach has been awarded the Blue Flag certification due to its cleanliness and water quality standards.

Located in the suburb of Tamarama, Tamarama Beach – also known as Tamarama Park Beach and also unofficially called Glamarama Beach and Glamourama Beach – is a 100-meters-long beach with light brown sand, a few rocks, and nearby headlands.  This beach is popular with members of the gay community and has been listed by the TimeOut magazine as “The best LGBTQI + and Gay beaches in Sydney.”  This beach was the subject of a painting by artist Julian Rossi Ashton that was titled Tamarama beach, forty years ago, a summer morning.

Located within the coastal community of Collaroy in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Collaroy Beach is a long and wide beige sand beach.  The beach is tucked between the popular Narrabeen Beach on the southern end and Fishermans Beach to its north. It is positioned along the shores of Collaroy Basin and has a beautiful backdrop of many oceanfront houses, hotels, and restaurants which together provide incredible views of Long Reef Headland and the vast Pacific Ocean.

Located in the village of Bondi Beach, just four miles east of the Sydney central business district in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, Bondi Beach is a one-kilometer-long, world-famous, immensely popular crescent-shaped golden sand beach with many rocky portions. The beach is positioned between two rocky headlands and has a beautiful backdrop of renowned Bondi Beach Park, Bondi Skate Park, Bondi Pavilion, Campbell Parade, beachfront bars, cafes, restaurants, hotels, a shopping center, and a nearby supermarket, namely Woolworths Metro Bondi Beach, which together offer incredible views. The beach is home to the world's first lifesaving club, the Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club, and the North Bondi Surf Lifesaving Club, which is a federation club. These clubs were involved in the largest rescue ever on February 6th, 1938, in a single day, known as 'Black Sunday.'of Randall Kaplan, the world’s foremost beach expert who is known as Mr. Beach.